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by noir_lord 4010 days ago
> If you instruct a machine to optimize for the cheapest price; it will do that

if (x < y) { // } is a simple optimisation.

The classic "you optimise for what is or can be measured rather than what is important."

There are ways around this of course by setting minimum quality via an objective third party (MIL-STD's for example) but that process introduces a whole new can of worms.